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Real Housewives of Atlanta personality Dwight Eubanks sat down with me for a video blog to talk exclusively about his take on strippers, his botched nose job and how it happened, AND says former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is a lesbian. WOWZERS!
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RHOA CRAZINESS but a bore of a reunion.
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Macaulay Culkin hit up The Red Door Lounge in Billings, MT last night where he did a fantastic rendition of the classic song, "My Way" -- but did he do it as well as our own Harvey Levin did?
Now HL's version, slightly more produced and with the help of Paul Anka.
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Your parents' divorce might be setting the stage for your own.
Shannon*, a 48 year old client of mine, recently explained her "aha" moment when discussing the issues behind her impending divorce. She married her husband because he "completed" her -- masking low self-esteem and feelings of not being worthy of love.
It wasn't until after therapy and introspection that she realized she had fallen into a relationship trap: Trying to fill a void of lost love left by her parents' divorce, and the loss of a relationship with her mother, when she was just 5 years old.
Seeking a rescue, not a relationship?
Shannon considered her husband a real catch. She thought her knight in shining armor cared about her every move. He guided her through life, managed the finances and left all aspects of parenting to her.
In fact, this perfect partner repeated the patterns and disillusionments experienced in childhood. Shannon experienced controlling and emotionally abusive behavior, jealousy and an uninvolved husband. She felt this was ok: She'd grown up fearing abandonment and deflecting anger from her stepmother.
You see, when Shannon's parents divorced, her mother left, with what seemed like no concern for her (the truth revealed many years later in adulthood when she regained a relationship with her mother); her father remarried, but this union did not provide her with the love and nurturing she so desperately needed. What happened in childhood then, has a significant impact on how romantic relationships are handled now, as an adult.
Although many children are resilient, and grow up thinking of themselves as just regular kids, not children of divorce, there are some children who are impacted emotionally in the long term. When a parent abandons a child, that child often believes that there was something wrong with him--or herself--and carries this belief into adulthood.
While the lack of a relationship with a parent can have a significant impact on romantic relationships for a child later in life, there is a debate amongst researchers on this topic. Some say, these individuals are affected for life. Others feel that with work, an individual can learn to come to terms with it, heal and develop rich and successful romantic partnerships.
According to Dr. Michelle Mitcham, a professor of counseling and a divorce expert, an individual's self esteem is affected because they feel rejected. The loss of the parental relationship due to divorce results in a lack of trust.
"People have different cognitions [beliefs], and this leaves certain behaviors. If your cognition is on some level, I'm a bad person, or I'm not worthy, or at some level there is something that you think you did to deserve it, the lines get blurred. What messages are you giving yourself, even if they are subliminal?"
Dr. Mitcham helps her patients regain their self-esteem and trust, so that they are able to develop a positive outlook, and healthy romantic relationships. She helps her patients cope with the loss of a parent or a fragmented relationship with the parent, and to heal by working on these 5 significant messages.
1. Look to your family of origin for answers.
It is important to resolve any issues that could be playing out in your relationship and are undermining it. For instance, people get into a relationship looking for things that they were missing growing up. If the relationship looks attractive, individuals may leap into it hoping for nurturing and love for themselves without taking the time to really get to know the other person. Slow down and get to know prospective partners.
2. Stop repeating the same relationship mistakes.
People often marry, or get into a relationship for all the wrong reasons. They are looking to feel complete, because they haven't resolved things in the past. Many times, they don't feel that they are worthy. Then they find themselves in an unfulfilling relationship, not really sure why they are giving into that relationship. Figure out what you are looking for, and love yourself -- you are worthy of love and respect, and worthy of a healthy relationship.
3. You don't have to be less of who you are to be in a good relationship.
Write out the ideal relationship: What you need in someone that you are compatible with. You'll know that you are leaning towards a good relationship when you don't have to be less of who you are in that relationship. You have to feel complete and feel like you have to stand on your own two feet before you can be happy in that relationship. The other person doesn't complete you because they are not the answer to your unresolved issues.
4. Normalize your feelings.
Uncover your issues and find out what you didn't receive growing up. Then you can fix it and move forward, because you understand the why, and how this changes your reactions. Remember you're not alone: Other people feel this way too.
5. Develop introspection and understanding.
You might want to work with a therapist or do some journaling to help you think through the issues, and what you need to do to fix them. Bottom line is you need to know that you are worthy of love and worthy of a nurturing relationship, and figure out what exactly that looks like to you.?
If you rush into a relationship without understanding where you were, then you won't know where you are going. Take time to understand what you have been through and why. There is hard work that needs to be done. While you may have lost a close loving relationship with a parent, you need to come to terms with that, and develop a loving relationship with yourself.
When you move in a positive direction from what you are used to, you very likely will feel some anxiety. Embrace it. It may sound clich�d but it's true: You have to truly love yourself, before you can really love someone else.
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Actor Andrew Keegan was tasered and handcuffed Saturday night after he got into a little incident with police.
Eyewitnesses stated that actor Andrew Keegan, who has been seen on movies such as ?10 Things I Hate about You? and television show ?7th Heaven?, was having a little party in Marina Del Rey when police stopped by to ask him to turn down his music.
Sources said Keegan refused to cooperate, even becoming ?very aggressive.?
Police threw Keegan to the ground and even tasered the actor. An eyewitness said Keegan was yelling a cops to let him go.
Keegan was released but never actually placed under arrest.
A pal said, ?he was very shaken up? by the whole incident.
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Rihanna was spotted in Toronto wearing a ?Rihanna Navy? sweatshirt and red, curly locks. Rihanna wore the sweatshirt to promote her ?Loud? tour and represent for her fans. She continuously gives to charities even while on tour. Recently, Rihanna and 50 Cent teamed up to find a bone marrow donor for Ayelet Galena.
Rihanna will be performing a series of shows in Toronto.
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Today is Tom Cruise's 49th birthday, and to celebrate, Katie Holmes threw him a surprise party on Saturday in Miami, where her husband is on location shooting 'Rock of Ages.'Isabella and Connor, Tom Cruise's teenage kids with ex Nicole Kidman, were seen joining Holmes as she carried 5-year-old Suri (casually attired in flip flops and a sundress) into Miami's swanky Soho House for the festivities.
Holmes, 32, arranged the party in secret for about 40 guests, who dined on Italian entrees and a chocolate cake for dessert, according to the New York Post.
This summer, the actress has been enjoying down time (and beach time) in Miami as Cruise rocks out in his role as Stacee Jaxx in the star-studded musical movie. 'Rock of Ages,' based on the Broadway hit of the same name, will open next summer and co-stars Russell Brand, Julianne Hough and Alec Baldwin.
Before hosting Cruise's birthday party, Holmes jetted West last week for the world premiere of her spooky thriller 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival.
, Cruise treated his wife to dinner and drinks in New York City, where they also caught a performance of 'The Nutcracker.'
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Paris Hilton is reportedly dating director Todd Phillips, following her split from Cy Waits.
The reality star was spotted with Todd Phillips at Hollywood?s Beacher?s Madhouse this week, where they sat at a secluded table with Paris? sister Nicky.
An eyewitness said Todd and Paris kissed and looked adoringly at one another the whole night.
Earlier that evening, Paris and Todd went to Chateau Marmont, where they had wine on the patio with friends.
Paris, 30, split from nightclub owner , Cy Waits,� last month after dating for 18 months.
At that time, Paris stated,� ?Cy is a good guy. We?ve been friends for years and it will not change. I just need some time alone to think about myself. We talk all the time. I have nothing but nice things to say about it.?
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It's a battle of acronyms: The Valley's VICA vs. the state's CEQA.
It may end up being quite a tussle between the Valley Industry and Commerce Association and the California Environmental Quality Act, which sets strict guidelines for mitigating the environmental impacts of development and other projects.
But VICA President Stuart Waldman sensed a change in the political wind earlier this year when he and some members traveled to Sacramento for a meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown's staff.
"One of the first things they said was that the governor was serious about CEQA reform and they wanted ideas," Waldman said. "We didn't really think that we would actually have the opportunity for real CEQA reform because it is kind of like the Holy Grail."
The group came up with a list of about 20 ideas, then narrowed it to eight, which were released last week.
"Since its passage, the business community has been working for reasonable CEQA reform," VICA Chairman Daymond Rice said in a statement. "The eight ideas VICA has introduced will take significant steps to keep CEQA from hurting the state's economic recovery."
The top recommendation is to simplify the approval process for projects that are "deemed necessary for economic revival and sustained economic health."
VICA also
recommends granting expedited processing to projects designed to comply with existing environmental regulations and ensuring that once a project is approved that it is subject only to the laws in effect at that time.Other suggestions address to how handle challenges made to a project's environmental impact statement.
"We're asking for what we feel are extremely reasonable changes," Waldman said.
The Governor's Office did not respond to request for comment.
Michael Endicott, an advocate for Sierra Club California, said that the group is OK with tweaking the environmental act but is leery of what the business community calls reforms.
"Most of the things we've seen so far that have floated up ... have not really been reforms but removal of environmental protections," Endicott said. "They are just looking to not have to comply with environmental laws."
The business and environmental communities have been waging annual skirmishes since the law was passed in 1970.
And one problem with CEQA is that it's dense - the 2011 version runs 399 pages.
Endicott said that heft reflects changes made to the law over the years.
But it also has spawned some pretty dense documents, too. Waldman says the environmental impact report for Universal Studios' expansion ran 49,000 pages.
"There are people who spent their entire careers working on that document," he said.
Maybe one CEQA reform should address brevity.
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The politics of war are endlessly fascinating. Especially as they concern the party which set itself up as the party of "Long War" after 9/11.
Republican politicians are beginning to follow their voters as their voters shift away in recent months from their staunch backing for the war in Afghanistan. But Republican pols are driving their voters against the Libyan War, even though the cost and exposure are minuscule in comparison.
The net effect for Barack Obama is real trouble, as he finds popular support for both the Afghan War and the Libyan War has plummeted. Even though most Democratic voters still support his far more limited mission working with European and Arab allies in Libya, it's the newfound opposition from Republicans that accounts for his Libya operation now being opposed by a national plurality.
Republican members of Congress, joining with some left-liberals, are making trouble for President Barack Obama on Libya.
Now new Republican Senator Ron Johnson is stalling a Senate vote next week in favor of authorizing Obama's Libyan mission.
It's just the latest example of how Republican politicians, especially in the House, have joined much of the Democratic left in attacking Obama on Libya.
Some three months after the United Nations sanctioned the Libyan War to protect civilians and rebels and push back against longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi, support for the effort in the US has moved from positive to negative.
A Gallup Poll last week shows that a 47-37 edge in favor in March has shifted to 39-46 opposed in June.
The good news for the Obama Administration is that this is a low-intensity conflict from an American standpoint, with the US having shifted to a backseat role after the first week-and-a-half of hostilities.
Which is, paradoxically, one of the reasons why the war is now unpopular. Without the oomph of what The Economist calls "the U.S. cavalry," the Europeans who wanted the war are struggling to mount an effective effort.
But the UN aims have been achieved, despite the big picture impasse. Which is nonetheless slowly turning against Gaddafi.
Ironically, it may be sheer partisan politics that drives this polling result.
Most Democratic voters favor the Libyan War, though many activists and politicians are vehemently opposed. Independents have moved somewhat against, due to the fact that Gaddafi is still around and it's still going on.
Democrats favored Obama's move on Libya, 51-34 in March, and 54-35 in late June.
It's the big Republican shift against the Libyan War, driven by Republican politicians using it to attack Obama -- frequently criticizing him for not doing more as well as for doing too much -- that accounts for the turnaround in national opinion.
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and two of his closest associates for crimes against humanity.
Americans are more likely to say they disapprove than approve of the U.S. military action in Libya. That represents a shift from three months ago, just after the mission began, when approval exceeded disapproval. ...
Democrats are the only political group to show more support for than opposition to the U.S. involvement. Independents are the most likely to show opposition, with a majority disapproving.
Republicans' opinions have changed the most since March, moving to 39% approval from 57%. This likely reflects increased criticism of the mission's legality and cost from some Republican congressional leaders and presidential candidates. Independents' views have become slightly more negative over the last three months, while Democrats' opinions have been largely stable. ...
Last week's highly political moves against Obama in the House on Libya resulted in a wash. The House did not provide its imprimatur for the US mission in Libya. With left-liberal Democrats upset and right-wing Republicans looking for a way to slap the president, legislation to authorize the mission for the next year was overwhelmingly defeated.
But anti-war forces failed to pass a bill to cut funding for the Libyan mission. That's the real question. Of course, even if they had, they would have to get the Senate to go along with them, and that would not happen.
This week the Senate took up Libya in hearings. 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain moved legislation supporting the intervention, which cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a 14 to 5 vote.
Not surprisingly, the Libyan government has rejected arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Gaddafi, his son, and his intelligence chief on charges of crimes against humanity.
That's the bill the Wisconsin Republican Senator Johnson is stalling, using Senate procedure. Which means that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will have to hold a procedural vote first to the clear the way for the vote on the authorization.
Meanwhile, in Libya itself, the regime has rejected arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi, his son and protege Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, and the regime's intelligence chief. They are charged with multiple crimes against humanity for their attacks on peaceful protesters during the early days of pro-democracy demonstrations in Libya, and for their attacks on civilians later during the uprising.
The ICC is using these arrest warrants as examples of what can happen to more Gaddafi associates if they don't help hasten the Brother Leader from power.
While Republican voters have dramatically shifted against Obama's Libyan operation, and are shifting away from support for the Afghan War, what they've shifted to so far is a state of confusion. Which accounts for the contradictory things Republican presidential candidates have been saying.
A new Gallup Poll finds widespread support for Obama's plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
But only a 43% plurality backs his specific near-term plan of withdrawing 10,000 by the end of this year, and another 23,000 by the end of summer 2012.
That's because 29% want him to withdraw more troops in the near term. And 19% want him to withdraw fewer.
The fact that only a fifth of the country thinks that Obama is being too aggressive in his withdrawal plans accounts for the movement among Republican presidential candidates, who are sounding much more dovish than they did a year ago.
The slight majority of Democrats, 57%, say the 30,000 figure is about right; however -- in line with vocal criticism of the plan from Rep. Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats who want a more aggressive drawdown -- 30% call it too low.
Independents' reactions are more closely divided: 40% call it about right, 33% too low, and 18% too high. Republicans are the most fractured of all, with about a third saying the withdrawal figure is about right, a third calling it too high, and 20% too low. ...
All these things seemed so much simpler for Republicans during the first Bush/Cheney term. The USA would roll in, kick ass, and move on to the next objective.
But the world is far more complicated than that.
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Woah! I did not see this coming at all!
Chord Overstreet aka Trouty Mouth will not be returning to Glee as a full time cast member. There is a chance that he will make occasional guest appearances.
Meanwhile, guest stars Darren Criss and Harry Shum Jr. have been upgraded to full-time series regulars for the hit FOX dramedy.
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Although the news about Chord is sad, there is good news on the horizon for the star. A new album! He tweeted, ?getting close to the end of the tour, cant wait to start working on my album when i get home!!! im gonna go full on! Well its been a good yr too bad its over, time for summer and starting fresh.?
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Gwyneth Paltrow showed off her trim figure in a topless photo for Vanity Fair magazine?s August issue, wearing Louis Vuitton jewelry.
Actress and singer Gwyneth Palrow, 38, looks gorgeous in August?s Vanity Fair magazine?s Louis Vuitton ad.
Paltrow is wearing fishnet tights and Louis Vuitton jewelry, but little else.
The actress, who regularly gets up at 4:30 a.m. each morning to exercise, is known for her healthy eating habits and workout with celebrity trainer, Tracy Anderson.
In a recent interview, Gwyneth revealed, ?I?m really not a morning person at all. It is just sheer determination. I?m very strict with myself. When I practice six days a week and eat clean food, I feel much better.?
Gwyneth, who is married to Coldplay?s frontman Chris Martin, has two children, daughter Apple, seven, and a five-year-old son, Moses.
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Maria Shriver has cited irreconcilable differences in divorce papers filed against Arnold Schwarzenegger in court.
Maria Shriver has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The 55-year-old writer cited irreconcilable differences in papers filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday (01.07.11), two months after he admitted to fathering a boy named Joseph with housekeeper Mildred Baena 13 years ago while he was still married to Maria.
She is seeking shared custody of their children Patrick, 17 and Christopher, 13, as well as seeking spousal support from the former Governor of California and asking him to pay her lawyer fees.
The couple also have grown up children 21-year-old Katherine and Christina, 19 from their 25 year marriage.
Whatever she did in the aftermath was taking care of her kids, trying to shield them.
Maria is said to not be angry at Mildred because of the affair, and confronted her after she saw the similarity between Joseph and Arnold.
A source said: "While Maria may not have been as angry as Mildred as she was at Arnold, her instinct would be to protect her family.
"Whatever she did in the aftermath was taking care of her kids, trying to shield them."
Arnold, 63, is reportedly already handing out a "significant" amount of child support to Maria.
A source said: "Arnold is paying a significant amount of child support. Arnold is also paying for his sons, Patrick and Christopher's private school bills."
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Tens of thousands of Canadians cheered as Prince William and Duchess Kate 
And while her sister dazzles Canada, Pippa Middleton doesn't disappoint, either. The sexy sib with the glossy hair is a vision in not-so-basic black at Wimbledon at Friday.
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